torus ī, m STER-, a swelling, protuberance, fleshy part, muscle, brawn: o lacertorum tori!: Colla toris exstant, O.: leo Excutiens cervice toros, V.

—In a wreath, a raised ornament, prominence: isque (stilus) addit aliquos, ut in coronā, toros.

—A stuffed bolster, cushion, couch, sofa, bed: viridante toro consederat herbae, V.: praebuit herba torum, O.: Gramine vestitis accubuere toris, O.: torum sternere Frondibus, Iu.: ebeno sublimis in antro, O.: toro Mortua componar, bier, O.: membra toro defleta reponunt, V.: Eumenides stravere torum, the bridal-bed, O.: consors tori, spouse, O.: Riparumque toros . . . Incolimus, i. e. take the river-banks for beds, V.